when there is a threat for the existence of the Russian Federation as well as our allies."Ambassador Antonov further denied the view held by many Western experts that Moscow’s military doctrine includes an "escalate-to-deescalate" nuclear strategy. That strategy entails using a limited nuclear strike in response to a large-scale conventional attack that exceeds Russia’s defense capacity in order to prevent a conflict from further escalating.Antonov advised the audience to read all Russian public documents on this issue. We did
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Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, was asked during last week’s Carnegie Endowment nuclear policy conference whether Russia would use nuclear weapons to prevail and win a conventional conflict that it was previously losing. Antonov categorically rejected such a notion, claiming it was a fairy tale" and "lots of fake news."Speaking on March 11
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